Re: Steering, brakes & intro

[<josiah@bork.hampshire.edu>]

I was suggesting that if you can't get the metal tube that goes from the
rubber hose to the cylinder loose, then cut the metal hose somewhere in
the middle with a pipe cutter, deburr it, put a connector on it, flare it,
etc, and then build yourself a little line to go from where you cut to the
cylinder. This is providing that the rubber hose looks fine. If it looks
cracked, then you might as well use factory parts and replace both pieces.
This is just a work-saver, there is no advantage. Possibly a disadvantage
of having more joints.
	The steering column bearing should be able to be pushed back up in
without removing anything, and then a hose clamp can be put on it. This is
a 5 minute job. I'm not saying this is necessarily your problem. If the
bearings are actually bad, or missing, then I'd imagine you'd have to
remove the steering column, which is a bit of a PITA.
	Good luck!
	-Josiah
	'84 GTI (got to stretch its legs today)
	'87 QSW (off the road)
	http://bork.hampshire.edu/~josiah

On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Triocco wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Josiah wrote:
> Josiah,
> Time to buy pipe cutter, pipe, flaring tool and joints which is something I
> have put off for too long. Cheers for the advice but I need to ask more to
> understand.Are you suggesting if steel pipe to rubber joint is tight, cut
> original pipe and put some sort of joint in to new pipe to cylinder?
> Did you have to take shaft out of column or there access to the ring out
> bearings with shaft in place?  Is it possible/ sensible to take the shaft
> out  to replace or hose clamp the bearing without removing the column from
> the car first? Are these ring out bearings at the top of the column?
> 
> Dave
> Trident 900
> Scirocco GTX
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: josiah@bork.hampshire.edu <josiah@bork.hampshire.edu>
> To: Triocco <dave@gorseclose.freeserve.co.uk>
> Cc: scirocco <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Date: 28 March 1999 20:58
> Subject: Re: Steering, brakes & intro
> 
> 
> Ah yes brake lines.... oh joy. I hate brake lines : ) Sometimes I find
> it's easier to cut a brake line in the middle (properly, with a pipe
> cutter) and fabricate a new piece to attach to it yourself, rather than
> dealing with all of the inevitably rusted nuts. If you have a flaring
> tool and know how to use it, etc, this is the way to go, IMHO. But you
> could also see if you can get the attachment apart at the rear axle where
> that steel line attaches to the rubber hose. In any case, good luck.
> About the steering column... I had a problem like that once,
> turned out that the ring out bearings had fallen down out of place and was
> hanging around down near the bottom of the steering column. I was able to
> shove them back up into place and everthing was fine... for about 5
> seconds. I finally put a hose clamp on the steering column right below the
> bearings to keep them in place. It was fine for about 30,000 miles until I
> junked the car.
> Good luck!
> -Josiah
> 
> 


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